I see some of you dissagree with my post. Lets take a look at it. have any of you now worn your seatbelt? Smoked in the last year? Driven with a FEW beers in your belly? I bet there is not one of you who had to use your weapon in your whole life. Well the odds are far greater just driving on a road after the bars close than needing your weapon. I am just not that paranoid. Yes i may need a pistol. yes i may die on the way there in my car, yes i may win the lottery i just dont think its VITAL to carry 24/7
You dont need to carry 24/7. just go to a good part of town. Im not paranoid and dont live for the what ifs of life.
Some people are SOO paranoid and scared they are gonna get robbed or shot at, that they just HAVE to wear the gun 24/7.
We are all MUCH, MUCH more likely to have a serious car accident than be involved in a gun-play scenario. So, why doesn't everyone prepare for that much more likely scenario? Why don't we all get roll cages installed in our cars, and five point harnesses, and of course crash helmets, when we get on the dangerous roads?
That is much more reasonable than needing to carry a gun in your pants when heading up to a girl's room on a date.
So, how many ccw holders wear crash helmets, five point harnesses, and roll cages in their cars? Anyone? Why not?
Guess us geeks just don't understand that kind of problem!
You're more likely to die in a gun-play scenario than a car accident. Especially with the safety engineering in todays vehicles.
That's right. Leave it in the vehicle because no one ever breaks into vehicles or steals them. Only in bad neighborhoods where all the best cars are.
No, not paranoid and scared. Just makes sense. Many of the long time posters here may recall that I went from daily carry, to sporadic carry. The reasoning then was that I carried daily when I had no vehicle and walked to work, store, etc. Once I got a vehicle and was not walking in dangerous areas anymore, I adjusted my carrying philosophy.Some people are SOO paranoid and scared they are gonna get robbed or shot at, that they just HAVE to wear the gun 24/7
In 2005, there were 42,636 car accident deaths. There were 6,420,000 car accidents total with 2,900,000 injuries.
In 2004 (couldn't find 2005 numbers), there were 11,624 homicides by firearms.
The fact is that you are MUCH more likely to have a serious accident than to ever be involved in a shooting.
So go back to your sliderule and compare car accidents/fatalities to violent crime.
You are MUCH more likely to be in a situation where a firearm is beneficial and necessary than in a FATAL car wreck (0.0066% chance based on your stats).
. . . (and also Rambo/Diry [sic] Harry ccw holders who have delusions of heroic disarming of criminals).
In 2005, there were 42,636 car accident deaths. There were 6,420,000 car accidents total with 2,900,000 injuries.
In 2004 (couldn't find 2005 numbers), there were 11,624 homicides by firearms.
The fact is that you are MUCH more likely to have a serious accident than to ever be involved in a shooting.
In "The Best Defense" there is a significantly larger number of estimated crimes PREVENTED by an armed victim (I want to say hundreds of thousands annually, but I don't recall). These stats are hard to gather because many go unreported (the victim may have been carrying illegally or just didn't report). I don't know how they compile these stats, but if it's true there are alot of attempted violent crimes.
The point is, it doesn't have to be gunplay. You can imagine any number of scenarios where one or a group of thugs wants to rob, beat, rape you and your date. I feel not only a responsibility for my own defense, but also for the defense of anyone I'm with. I'd rather draw down on some thugs while on my date than get my A$$ whipped and watch her get gangraped and both of us get beaten and robbed. Now that's a nice first date...
I couldn't live with the guilt b/c carrying a gun would have been inconvenient, when ultimately she's going to have to know anyway.